Andrew White, a Democratic candidate for Texas governor who supports Roe v. Wade, has resigned as an elder from Christ the King Presbyterian (PCA) Church in Houston. White made quite a stir in evangelical circles when he made statements on a variety of issues that conflict with Christian orthodoxy: “My personal faith is personal to me, but I…
Author: Bill
Christian Terrorists in Turkey and … Michigan
Until about two weeks ago, American Pastor Andrew Brunson been held in a Turkish prison without charges. Now he has been indicted for being a member of a group led by exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen which the Turkish government says is responsible for a failed July 2016 coup attempt. CBN News reports: The American…
Good Reads 03/24/18
What I’ve Been Reading, Listening to, and Watching this Week Of the remenant nedeth nat enquere What Mark Steyn Says: “Eight days ago The Sunday Mirror reported on “Britain’s ‘worst ever’ child grooming scandal“. The headline editor’s sub-quotes are most prudent: This is the “worst ever” at the time of writing, but who knows what’ll come along…
Joshua: No Falling Words by Dale Ralph Davis
I joined a Bible study group a while back that was studying Deuteronomy. After that, we’ve just kept on going through Joshua. For the Joshua study, we used Joshua: No Falling Words by Dale Ralph Davis to help guide us through the text. I learned about Davis’s commentaries through Ligonier Ministries, which has recommendations for…
The Kingdom of God – An Overview
The Kingdom Defined “The kingdom of God can be defined as the new world order that Christ established in His life, death, and resurrection and ascension, a new order of things that will be fully revealed and established only at Christ’s return.” – Peter Leithart “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” – Matthew 4:17…
An Overview of Joshua
Joshua’s Placement in the Bible The Jewish canon is divided into The Law, The Prophets, and the Writings. Joshua is contained in The Prophets In the Christian canon, Joshua is usually considered to be a historical book. David Dorsey includes Joshua as part of the historical conclusion of the books of the law, which is…
Bringing Sanity to a Fallen World: Idaho Health Care Part 2
In a recent post, I noted how Idaho is “the national leader in bringing sanity to our health care system.” Some conservatives, though, appealing to the rule of law, have objected to Idaho’s efforts because they are illegal under ObamaCare. Best I can tell, though, Idaho has done nothing to violate federal law. They have…
Bringing Sanity to Fallen World: Idaho Health Care Edition
Idaho appears the national leader now in bringing sanity to our health care system. Not that you would know it from the many complaints about what they are doing, as seen in the article in The New York Times: Some groups representing patients, including the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association and the lobbying…
Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
I have been aware of Allen Drury for some time because I had one of the sequels to Advise and Consent in my bookshelf–it was from my mother’s library. When I saw that National Review listed Advise and Consent as one of the best conservative novels, I decided I had to read it. Since I…
Feasting on Christ: A Bible Study on Love
My new book, Feasting on Christ: A Bible Study on Love (available on Amazon and as a free pdf download), is the first in the Feasting on Christ Bible study series. This study was originally prepared for use in prison. But that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have an application for those who have never been to…